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BREAKING: Senator Annie Okonkwo Dies At 63.

Ikechukwu Agada
Last updated: June 8, 2023 8:25 am
By Ikechukwu Agada
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Reports reaching 9News Nigeria has it that Senator Annie Okonkwo has died after a long battle with a terminal Illness.

Okonkwo, who celebrated his 63 years birthday on May 23, 2023, gave up the ghost on Wednesday.

The Popular politician was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2007 to represent the Anambra Central Senatorial Zone in Anambra State.

Family sources revealed that he was “recovering after taking proper treatment in the United States of America but relapsed a few days ago and died.”

His son, Uchenna Harris Okonkwo, is the House of Representatives Member-Elect for Idemili North and Idemili South Federal Constituencies, Anambra State.

Funeral Arrangements will be communicated soon.

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